Snap Point
Snap Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,043 m. Mount Dellenbaugh stands 2,132 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Snap Spring, a spring 2.9 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 22 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2043 m
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
113 named places within 25 miles
- Snap Spring: 2.9 mi
- Tincanebitts Spring: 6.7 mi
- Joe Spring: 6.7 mi
- Burnt Canyon Spring: 10.5 mi
- Lower Pigeon Spring: 10.8 mi
- Tincanebitts Point: 5.8 mi
- Nevershine: 6.0 mi
- Burnt Canyon Point: 9.4 mi
- Grand Wash: 10.3 mi
- The Box: 10.3 mi
- Fort Garrett Point: 3.9 mi
- Upper Grand Wash Cliffs: 4.3 mi
- Mustang Point: 6.6 mi
- Weeping Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Weeping Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Columbine Falls: 8.8 mi
- Pearce Ferry Rapid: 10.9 mi
- Tassi Ranch: 10.5 mi
- Scanlon Ferry (submerged): 22.3 mi
- Grand Canyon Skywalk: 11.1 mi
- Hualapai Ranch: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Snap Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dellenbaugh | ESE 107° | 2,132 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poverty Mountain | NE 46° | 2,068 m | 23.1 mi |
| Yellow John Mountain | E 94° | 2,056 m | 18.4 mi |
| Last Chance Knoll | NNE 17° | 2,054 m | 16.4 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,008 m | 19.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SE 129° | 2,002 m | 24.3 mi |
| Castle Peak | E 87° | 1,989 m | 12.9 mi |
| Price Point | ESE 121° | 1,941 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:18 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 18:00 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 84 | 89 | 88 | 81 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meadview 1W, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359251859
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